Combined ironing-board and step-ladder.



IUS. GIPE. COMBINED 130mm; BOARD AND STEP LADDER.

I APPLICATION FILED MAR. 5, 1912.

Patented May 13, 1913.

2 (gwueuto z t-"xsaA c s'." GIPE, 1M1 1: cI' r j'j-Beit known that I, Isa; Glen, eiti f 'zenjl'of'the United"Statesgresiding at Rapid (.it3 inthe county of Pennington and State. of South" Dakota, have invented new and usefulImprovements in- Combined Ironing and claimed.

Boards and StepJmdders, of whit-lithe following 1s a; specification.

- This invention is an improved eonibined ironing board and .step ladder and consists? 1n.-the construetion, combination and are rangement of devices hereinafter deser bed The object .of my invention isto provide an improved device of this character which may .be used,hoth for the purposes of an 1 use as-an ironing boa-rd.

whiehiis adapted, to extend between the 1 top in:

ironing boardgaud a step, ladder, whit-h is extremely cheap-and simple, is'very strong, and durable, may be compactly dis )osed out of the way when notinuse and wliii'h may be readily attached to a tuhleo'r other supporting objeet'for use as an ironing board andavhen, in use as a-slep ladder may be readily adjusted.

Inthe drawing ;+-Figure 1 is aside 'eleva. tion of 'my" improved eonibiued I ironing boar-(land step-ladder, showing-the s'amein Fig}; 2 is asiu'iilar ion; slu'nving the same in Fig. 3 is a .detail eleven portion of theyiew, partly in 's'el-t use as a step ladder.

tion of one side'ot theu-ppe site sid'eot'the upper 'portion of the same; Fig. 5-is partly an elevation and" partly a vertieal seietimial view ofmy eomhined iron: ing board and ste'p ladder, showing the same in use on a step ladder, the section plane of said ltigure heingx'iiu-lieated; by the line "2-42 (if Fig. 4. 1 l

in the embodiment of'niy invention, I provide a pair of legs '1; whieh converge toward their upper ends, are eonn'eeted together at suitable hits by steps 2 which are suitably spaced and have ,their; upper ends eonneeted"together by a ('ross bar-'3. In the-outer side of the said legs near their upper'e'nds are notdhes '4, the bottoms 5 of wh'ieh are oblique to their-ontand rear sides. 91'" the legs, the upper sides 6 of the notches being atrigl' t angles to the bottomsfi'tlte're- 'of and being flush and in line with one side: of the cross bar 2.

@The ironing boar'l'l' which alsoform'sjthe brace for the step ladderijs provided-att-he upper end with a medially arranged tongue 'coumunn mortise-30am) snn's'mr-zlannm Speeifl'cati l oi fitter flaun l ateut'ed May Applies flamed us-1912. in-iii No. 681,836.

".i upper'portions of sa'iue." Fig. 4b: a similar viawof theoppot sou rii In no Tn,

'thereof' a; pain of upwardly converging cleats 9 which are also adapted to tit bet-ween th'e l ip )er. portionsof the legs 1 and are pivotal y connected thereto by means of a thelegsl. fOntheloiverside'jof the board andfiilso at the upper end bolt- 10. Aflplate '11 is seoured on the upper ends. of therleats, its upper. surface being in aeoiiunon plane with the outer or upper'end of the tongue 8 of the board. A transverse Heat-'12 is secured on the under side of'the board and is. adapted to fit between the legs I-ot'f'the ladder portion'of the device when the same is folded. T he upperends of the leg-SJ and; the tongue 8 of the'boa'rd form 'eoactjng jaws whieh are adapted 'to' respectively grip the upperand lower sides of a table top sueh as indicated at ain Fig. 1, in .order -to"'0n'neet the deviee to a table top or other supporting object. for use as an ironing'board. I

Vheu the devieeis set-up for use as a step hidden-the rear sides of the legs may be engaged with the shoulder 13 formed by the upper end of the ironing board at opposite sides of the 'base of the tongue 8 and when so engage-(land arranged, the ladder has itsgsupporting legs held at a wnsiderable inelil iati'ou' as indieatedin full lines in 'Fig. 8.: Theuladder may be also supported at a thtferent mehnatiolnas shown in dotted lines in Fi fltl. o enable tlieladder to be a tlmsadj'usted; I provide an adjusting bar 14 wh eh lsarranged on-the-upper or outer side of th=board at the base of the tongue? and has. a longitudinal slot 15, A bolt 16 which operates in this'slot connects the bar to the board and enables the ban to be disposed either parallel with, the board or transversel. v\ v-ith res n-ct thereto When the bar is arranged transversely with respeet to the boat-(h, it "upper side projects above the shoulders 13 of the board so thatiits ends eiigage the rearsides of the-legs 1" and thus hold the, ladder in'the adjusted position indieated'indotted liues1in'Fig.,2. -Iela-iui.:- i vv- The herein described gpmhined" ironing I board .and' steplhulder eoiupris'iug a board harv lug a. "med tally ,dis'posed. f'tongue proj eetmg from,oiie 'erid, lo m? between fwhielrt-he tongue? 1' t he? board is p .and step eonnwti" inm d 1 hrin' ppm s itliej' tongue vwith,'uotehesfto' -ten g 01 de'otfiaftable other like supp'iir allyjz-inounted, I l glegs'being' mg objeet, the i V hmguebf thg s gning to x lg the their. pivot and thereby hold the devi c eLin opposite iziidl! oi the 1ib1 5 K M 5 3 j adjusted Position ing bar mounted 0nflue 911mg gide of thy; In testimon whereof I aflix my signature board at the 95m; wh n: hi: magm pr je p n 0 two witnesses- I therefrom 01510.11 litud'iml and p r. I A P movement, the $515; mij'gigtiiig bg rlbeing' witnes ges z adapted to be nrm'ilgstd fil-angirsgly qp'zthg. 'EfiIAUHCEY Y. Roan, boarzl to pngggythgggds 9i thglggs above, Nomygm JUs'rUs. 

